A map proving the international interest for "the Liege".

For a very long time, 'trajectoire' works with 'JB Time Concept' for his time keeping.For this edition, we decided to broadcast live results and this ... Mehr…

24/06/2017

Christian Crucifix & Yves Noelanders winners with their Ford Anglia !

They are back! A week after the start from the Parc de Sept Heures in Spa, the survivors of the Liège-Rome-Liège 2017 are back in Belgium, arriving in... Mehr…

20/03/2019

Day 3, Monday June 10 : Grenoble - Vals-les-Bains

The Ardèche in the spotlight and the second (and last) evening on the menu.

The third stage from Grenoble to Vals-les-Bains will cross the Isère, the Drôme and the Ardèche, a region congratulated by rally drivers of all time. No less than 15 RTs are on the agenda today, including several on the high places of the modern and historic Monte-Carlo rallies!

The morning will start with an RT in the Vercors offering splendid rocky landscapes combining gorges, passes, combes, crests, gullies where you would love to stop for pleasure (but it will be complicated...). After the 4 RTs in the morning, you will already be in the Drôme valley for lunch at the Restaurant l'Expression near Chabeuil.

After crossing the Rhône, the rally enters the Ardèche, which will become the playground for the next 24 hours.

6 RT in the Eyrieux valley and the Monts d'Ardèche during the afternoon will take you to Vals-les-Bains. Arrival on the village square, a little rest in your room followed by dinner and it will be time to leave for the night of the Ardêche, a loop that will take place south of Vals in Les Boutières and then in the north of the Cévennes. Return around midnight for the first ones.

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14/03/2019

And now, a Datsun 240Z !

Good news follows one another on the stage of the Road Marathon!

A few hours after Christophe and Anne Baillet, whose Porsche 911 Carrera made a striking entry into the group of favourites, a Datsun 240 Z is on the way! And not just any one, since Eric Claeys and René Declercq are not at their first try, admitting a predilection for legendary events. 4th in Beijing-Paris in 2016, 1st in the Baltic Classic in 2017 and 4th in the Himalayan Challenge in 2018, the Datsun is a Japanese car that subscribes to long-distance challenges and will most probably swallow the distance between Nancy and Beaune in early summer. It should be noted that the Claeys-Declercq duo is not unknown in the ranks of Trajectoire. In fact, they registered for the Liège-Sofia-Liège 2015, before having to give up the start, as the car was not finished on time.

So it was only a postponement...

11/03/2019

The 5-time winner of the "Tour de Corse Historique" at the start!

Excellent news that has just been made official. Five-time winner of the Tour de Corse Historique, winner of the Trophée des Alpes, Frenchman Christophe Baillet will participate with his wife Anne in a 1976 Porsche 911 Carrera 2.7. He is necessarily a very strong candidate for victory...

"It is above all the quality of the organizing team of this Marathon de la Route that decided us to commit ourselves," explains Christophe Baillet. I have known Joseph Lambert for years, and with him, we are sure that the choice of routes will be optimal. A regularity rally takes place on roads open to traffic, and it is essential that the safety aspect is widely taken into account. The future of the discipline depends on it, and with such a team, we know that everything is done according to the rules..."

Challenging the Belgians, specialists in regularity, on neutral ground was another major motivation for the Baillet-Baillet crew: "During this event, there will not be too much navigation, which increases our chances of beating the experts from Belgium. I have already tried to face them in Belgium, but they all know the pitfalls of the proposed routes, which makes the confrontation unequal. Here, we will be playing on neutral ground, which means that everyone has a chance. With my wife Anne being my best co-pilot, we are more than motivated to get together in the first place..."

01/03/2019

The starting list is growing: 40 crews to date.

The formula proposed in 2019 seems to meet the demand of regularity enthusiasts: elimination of the first night, 4 stages instead of 7, competitive rates, 4 pre-departure cities including Lyon to facilitate the organisation of crews from Southern Europe.

Certainly the return of good weather is encouraging us to plan the rallies of the season, we have recorded a few additional crews that bring the list to around forty crews to date.

Registrations remain open, of course.

25/02/2019

Day 2, Sunday June 9th : Besançon - Grenoble

The second day will start in the east of the department with 2 RTs. The crews will have to be awake before passing through the Jura department where 2 other RTs will connect the Swiss border to St Laurent en Grandvaux to join after a last RT the small village of Les Crozets for the lunch break.

With a link to Saint Claude in the early afternoon, the route climbs to a last RT in the Haut-Jura before reaching the Ain and Bugey departments through little-known regions where pilots will be delighted by sections with almost non-existent traffic.After 2 RTs in the Ain, the route flirts with the departments of Isère and Savoie before reaching the famous Massif de la Chartreuse where the last RT of the day will take place and reaching the hotel in Grenoble, the end of the second day.

A stage that will end at a very decent hour for a well-deserved dinner.

03/02/2019

Our price policy, a win-win offer !

As professionals of organising such events 'trajectoire' has a clear price policy and rather than having extremely low prices with only partial costs like other organizers, so you have to take care of the rest of the organization yourself, our price includes all essential services for a good sporty and safe rally:

a D-1 team checking the course the day before,a lead vehicle that opens the course (Joseph Lambert),a doctor,a calculation office which produces Live results,the Tripy system for thousands of time measurements,a sweep vehicle that follows the rally, to assist with any problemsa support vehicle to help with breakdownsofficial assistance, available in the mornings, afternoons and eveningsa race direction at the heart of the eventSpecial Awards.

We believe that a quality rally should also guarantee you full control and provide all means to make your rally easier and more enjoyable:

This is why we need the thirty people who will supervise you during these 4 days.…

04/01/2019

New team at the start !

Scheduled from June 8 to 11 from Nancy, the 2019 Road Marathon already looks like a good vintage.

The end-of-year holiday season has indeed made it possible to register new tegistrations, which brings the list - very provisional, of course - to 36 crews.

Among the favourites in the battle for victory, Yves Noelanders revealed the name of his co-driver in the passenger compartment of the Volvo PV544. This is the young Renaud Herman, who has definitely been in all the right places lately. As for Christian Crucifix, who is leaving with his Ford Anglia, he will be assisted by his Greek friend Spyros Moustakas.

As for the newcomers, there are two French crews, one Franco-Belgian and one Belgian. On the hexagonal side, François Feuchot and Jean Rick will line up in Porsche 914/6, Jacky Jacquet and Sophie Bie in Porsche 911 Carrera. Patrick Lansier, co-drivered by Belgian Alex Paquay, will bring a touch of legend to the A110 Alpine. As for Frédéric Schilling and Stéphane Dufour, they are lining up another Porsche 914/6, this time from our country.

As a reminder, competitors will be able to choose between 4 cities for their pre-departure: Spa and Kortrijk in Belgium, Reims and Lyon in France. The departure is scheduled at daybreak to arrive in Nancy in the middle of the day. The Tripy assembly and calibration will take place on the outskirts of the city before gathering in the city centre, a stone's throw from the famous Place Stanislas.

The start will be given in the middle of the afternoon to the Grand Est and Epinal in the Vosges where the first of 5 RTs will start, which will take special stages of the Rallye d'Alsace, the former WRC event.

Via Remiremont, the Val d'Ajol and the Région des Ballons, competitors will have the opportunity to get into the swing of things before arriving in Haute-Saône at the Plateau des Belles Filles, announced as the first mythical place in the 2019 Tour de France cycling event, where the evening meal will be served.

The first evening stage will begin with a liaison stage in Franche-Comté crossing several of the most beautiful villages in France to reach the department of the Doubs where 4 night RTs, partly in the Lomont Chain, will put both pilot and co-pilot to the test before reaching the town of Besançon shortly after midnight.

This time, it’s all over! At the end of a panting and difficult, with the final – complicated RTs- drawn up in the eastern cantons, and an ultimate halt at the Hôtel Verviers, the surviving competitors of the Liège-Rome-Liège 2018 burst into view in the ardent City, the first car crossing the arrival arch of the Espace Tivoli on the dot of 18.31hrs, without the slightest minute of delay on the scheduled planning! One good hour later, the entire caravan had arrived … with the exception of the Porsche 911 1965 manned by Tony Kevers and Baudouin Halleux, which had obstinately refused to start following the pause in the Verviers region. A technical setback which left the duo irritated, but which finally had no consequences for its final position, neither for its 2nd place in its category …

Regarding the race for victory, the suspense prevailed, particularly as the leaders on the moment of leaving Belfort, Michel Decremer and Yannick Albert (Opel Ascona), committed two mistakes which cost them heavy points. Other teams, such as Yves and Benoît Deflandre (Porsche 911), were confronted with local residents and other tourists of ill-will, penalising them heavily.

At the end of the day the Decremer-Albert duo held on to the lead, taking great pleasure in imposing their noisy Opel Ascona at the end of an event which had appeared to have been promised to go to the Porsche 911 brigade. Following the Rallye de Monte-Carlo Historique, this duo adds another legendary event to their record of achievements, after an absolutely royal battle throughout the entire week, and which had started out with … a co-driver ill during the first night!

The final podium of this Liège-Rome-Liège 2018 more than ever in keeping with tradition is completed by the two Porsche 911 of on the one hand Jacques Evrard and Christian Bernard, and Serge Adriaens and Freddy Moors on the other, split by … 4,6 points at the end of more than sixty RT! Quite fabulous …

The prize for frustration certainly goes to Yves and Benoît Deflandre, kicked off the final podium following a difficult end of race, and finally 4th in the overall rankings. As for the sprint for honourable mentions; it was awarded to Jean-Claude Kauffman and Jean-Marc Piret (Toyota Celica), who complete the top 5 just ahead of Robert Denis and handyman Alexandre Peeters (Porsche 911), Kurt Declerck and Steven Vyncke (Porsche 911), Jean-François Delincé and Julien Minguet (the ‘miraculous survivors’ of the Alps, Ford Escort MK1), as also Gaëtan Schoonbroodt and François Gehlen (Ford Escort MK1). For their introduction to the Porsche 911, Etienne Baugnée and Benoît Remion completed the top 10 overall, delighted to have reached the finish.

It goes without saying that this is the case for the 17 teams officially ranked, of which the Porsche 356 of the Mexican Roahmy Heras and the Belgian Jennifer Hugo, who overcame the pitfalls to pay honour to ‘Girl Power’ on the Place Saint-Lambert!

Victory in the various Groups fall into the hands of Decremer-Albert (Gr.4), Kauffman-Piret (Gr.6), Schoonbroodt-Gehlen (Gr.3) and Duquenne-Kauffman (Austin Healey 100/6, Gr.2).

The final stage of the Liège-Rome-Liège 2018 also saw the return of competitors in the trace ‘Tribute to Liège-Rome-Liège’, who were ‘only’ competing in the Belgian RT, with victory announced and confirmed for Daniel Reuter and Robert Vandevorst (Porsche 914/6). A mere seventy points separated the two other teams present on the final podium, namely Georges and Jean-François Neuville (BMW 2002) on the one hand, Olivier Goblet and Vincent Snyers (Fiat 128 Sport) on the other. Worth noting the debut in the righthand bucket seat of journalist Eric Faure, who accompanied Claudy Deschamps in the cockpit of a BMW 2002, and who had emphasised, with his traditional cockiness which we adore, how complex the game of regularity and navigation is. An Eric Faure who devotes himself to the joys of ‘gardening’, which represents a noble leisure time for a young retired person … Our little finger tells us that we will see him back in action very soon …

At the end of this 2018 edition, between a couple glasses of bubbly, Jean-François Devillers, master craftsman of the ‘Trajectoire’ team, was happy to ‘have done it’ and was impressed by the hard work put in by Joseph Lambert, responsible for the course, and Eric Chapa, responsible on the sporting front, as also all members of the team, including the assistance staff of MY Vintage. Now heading off for a different Marathon de la Route in 2019, shorter, more accessible, most probably held on French soil … even though the Liège festive final this Saturday evening remains food for thought. Watch this space, and in the meanwhile, congratulations to all the survivors of this Liège-Rome-Liège that has already entered into legend annals …

The final countdown has started! With the kick-off of the Liège-Rome-Liège 2018 scheduled to take place from the Parc de Sept Heures at Spa on Saturday 9th June, the buzz within the organisation is at its height. The Trajectoire team around Jean-François Devillers took advantage of officialising the list of entrants, with some thirty odd teams ready to tackle the course concocted by the experienced Joseph Lambert, assisted on the event’s sporting front by the masterful Eric Chapa.

Worth noting the presence of a 100% female team, with the firm intention of not lagging behind. Especially seeing the Mexican Roamhy Heras and the Belgian Jennifer Hugo are entered in an … AC Cobra 1965! The girls in the race will definitely not go unnoticed…

The impressive quality of the list of entrants proves that the Liège-Rome-Liège has definitely found its place as one of the not to be missed events on the international regularity scene for classic machines. And that the notion of ‘Marathon de la Route’ remains a ‘must’ that certain have no intention of missing out on. Place your bets, all goes well on the Liège-Rome-Liège scene!

Since the beginning of time, motorsport has been a world for men … and often titillated the female gender! A story that is about to repeat itself during the Liège-Rome-Liège 2018, with the presence of a 100% female crew in the cockpit of a shining Porsche 356 SC Cabriolet dating from 1964. And do not count on the Mexican Roamhy Heras and the Belgian Jennifer Hugo from dawdling on this exceptional course …

For many years cars have been a passion for Roamhy Heras, but also a profession. “With another Belgian just as passionate as myself, we created an auction house specialised in classic and competition cars, JP Auctions Mexico, she explained. And our first communication vector is to participate in international sporting events. This allows us to combine business with pleasure. There is obviously the Carrera Panamericana in Mexico, in which I will be competing again in 2019, together with the Belgian Ingrid Peeters, Miss Blunik, at my side! Together we have already clinched victory in the Coupe des Dames, added to which a 5th place overall in the Cento Ore de Modena in 2017, with an AC Cobra 289. We also proved ourselves during the Tour de Belgique, the Historic Tour of Corsica, the Costa Brava Moritz, etc. Next challenge: the legendary Liège-Rome-Liège, with a Porsche 356 SC Cabriolet from 1964, belonging to a gentleman-driver and major Monegasque collector. A car created by the renowned Dr Ferdinand Porsche, whose handling and lightness allowed him to beat far more powerful machines. And notably to have won the Liège-Rome-Liège no less than four times!”

As one might imagine, participating in such a Marathon de la Route demands a fair amount of preparation. “It is necessary to be able to count on a top technical preparation and more especially a co-driver who is at home with a roadbook and an expert at navigating, Roamhy continued. With Jennifer, who is among those expert Belgian co-drivers in this type of event, we not only have the firm intention of swallowing up the 4,200 kilometres on the programme, but also to claim the Moss-Wisdom prize, awarded in honour of Pat Moss and Ann Wisdom, the first – and up until now the only – women to have achieved overall victory. That was back in 1960 at the wheel of an Austin Healey.”

As for the fact that they are the sole female team at the start of the Liège-Rome-Liège 2018, in no way worries the duo … “First and foremost, we consider ourselves to be ‘competitors’, because during this rally, all that counts, is the talent, whether one is a man or woman, Roamhy and Jennifer commented. Once we have our helmet on we are all the same! The only thing that counts is to fight, to give it our all to be better than the others, aim for the podium, excel, take calculated risks, sweat in our racing overalls and deserve the applause. We also have dreams, and the dreams are neither masculine nor feminine … »

That is clear cut! As such rendezvous on Saturday 9th June at the Parc de Sept Heures in Spa to get to know this duo better and who have every intention of being widely talked about on more than one occasion throughout the seven days …

Finally, 30 teams will run the Marathon de la Route this year. Looking at the list, it's gonna be hard to win this year.Cars and teams are better prepared. They come for a competitive rally. They won't be dissapointed !

The entry list for the Liège-Rome-Liège 2018 event, to be held between 9th and 16th June with the start given in Spa continues to evolve. Winners of the 2017 edition with their small, old but highly efficient Ford Anglia, Christian Crucifix and Yves Noelanders have officially confirmed their return to the Marathon de la Route, obviously at the wheel of the same car.. "Taking into account the number of Porsche machines at the start, we preferred once again to play the originality card Crucifix explained. The Anglia will have the same advantages as also the same drawbacks as last year, but which in no way prevented us from clinching victory…."

Once again the battle for all out victory could well be pretty hot this year, as seeing on the one hand Jacques Evrard and Christian Bernard (Porsche 911), Serge Adriaens and Freddy Moors (Porsche 911) on the other, respectively 2nd and 3rd last year, will also be back for more action, not forgetting Yves and Benoît Deflandre (Porsche 911), Michel Decremer and Yannick Albert (Opel Ascona 400) to name but a few...

The Liège-Rome-Liège implements the FIA regulations with a view to the future and accepts cars up to 1990

The Trajectoire team, organisers of the Liège-Rome-Liège 2018, continues to double its efforts in order to offer the most prestigious of editions to be held from 9th through to 16th June. Even better, it anticipates what might well represent its future in the short term… “As with other Belgian events, the 2018 vintage of the Liège-Rome-Liège will be placed under the watchful eye of the FIA, with a view to an eventual integration in the FIA Trophy of Regularity Rallies for historic vehicles in the future, Jean-François Devillers announced. We are flattered …but this also compels the organisation to take into account some new parameters.”

Starting off with the acceptance at the start of cars relating to the Period J2, in other words those vehicles built between 1986 and 1990. “The FIA authorises this type of car, which has incited us to integrate these in this edition, Eric Chapa, the Race Director explains. Nonetheless for us it’s essential that the arrival of more modern, and therefore more comfortable and powerful cars, do not penalise the competitors with their older machines. As such an age and engine coefficient will be applied to these models, whereas the table of coefficients has been softened for the cars emanating from the period between 1980 and 1985.”

It should be noted that normally the FIA Trophy of Regularity Rallies does not apply specific coefficients for cars of the Period J2. “It’s out of the question for us to weaken the competitors taking part with true classic machines, such as last year’s Ford Anglia winner, Eric Chapa continued. We will therefore be applying this coefficient with as first and foremost objective to demonstrate the soundness of same to the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile at the end of this 2018 edition. Should this manner of proceeding not be acceptable to those responsible for the FIA Trophy of Regularity Rallies, the Liège-Rome-Liège will continue on its present take-off, as an independent event. But seeing we have received requests from competitors wishing to enter cars built between 1986 and 1990, it’s the opportunity to kill two birds with one stone and more especially to be pro-active …”

05/03/2018

The initial favorites are known

Even though the start of the Liège-Rome-Liège 2018 will be given on Saturday 9th June from the Parc de Sept Heures at Spa, a fair number of teams opted to take full advantage of the preferential entry fee to confirm their presence. In this light an initial group has been pinpointed as favourites … resolutely awaiting the competition! Among the unmissable of this 2018 edition of the Marathon de la Route, we can confirm Yves and Benoît Deflandre (Porsche 911), the winner of the Historic Monte-Carlo Rally Michel Decremer teamed up with the expedient Yannick Albert (Opel Ascona 400), the experienced Flanders based Kurt Declercq and Steven Vyncke (Porsche 911 S), not forgetting such imposing duos as Jacques Evrard and Christian Bernard (Porsche 911), Serge Adriaens and Freddy Moors (Porsche 911), Tony Kevers and Baudouin Halleux (Porsche 911), Etienne Baugnée and Benoît Remion (Porsche 911), Jean-François Delincé and the ‘Classic’ prize-winner in the Legend Boucles Julien Minguet (Ford Escort MK1), the Frenchman Jean-Pierre Verneuil and the Portuguese Antonio Caldeira (Renault 5 Alpine), Jan De Vos and Chris Goris (Porsche 911), Victor Guilmain and Paul-Henry Jans (Porsche 924 S), and so forth…

On the car front the eclecticism is definitely ensured, with the spectacular Cobra manned by Jacques and Mathieu Castelain (Shelby version) and Nico Depondt-X, but also the oldest Porsche 356 B Coupé 1960 of Luc De Vos and Bruno Mariens, presently the doyenne of the grid, the Morgan +4 of Philippe Maigne and Sylvain Vaquez, the Volvo 123 GT of Bernard Mazuyer and Jean Rick, not forgetting the Austin Healey 100/6 of Denis Duquenne and Stéphanie Kauffman. By no means an exhaustive list of entrants, which over the coming weeks will continue to grow.

“I believe we can state that this is a great basic grid, the organiser Jean-François Devillers commented. Last year various new competitors had kept a keen eye on the Liège-Rome-Liège, and they decided to be part and parcel of it next June. Some ten additional teams should be putting in an appearance on the provisional list of entrants, of which the 2017 laureate Christian Crucifix, presently awaiting a response from his co-driver, while the scheduled communication campaign will continue with a view to seducing other regularity adepts for classic machines. Taking a swift look on the www.liege-rome-liege.org site, the video images of the 2017 edition need no words. The rebirth of the ‘Marathon de la Route’ breathed on by Trajectoire, with a course drawn up by Joseph Lambert and the sporting side managed by Eric Chapa, boasts a fair power of enticement. Outcome: with some three months from the start the initial favourites are known. So, who is next? “

The 2018 Liège-Rome-Liège edition, scheduled to be held from 9th through to 16th June, promises to be under the most favourable auspices, and more than one frequenter of Regularity events present as a spectator at the start (Spa) or the finish (Liège) of the 2017 edition was able to convince himself of the quality of the organisation and the course. Now that the entry forms are starting to reach us, a quick reminder: time is running out for all those wishing to take advantage of the preferential rate, as the entry forms must be returned before 28th February!

“The deadline date for the preferential rate has been extended by two weeks allowing the numerous teams that had recently competed in one of the three major events at the beginning of the year to check their equipment, make the decision regarding the Liège-Rome-Liège 2018 and also allow them to take advantage of this tempting registration rate”, Jean-François Devillers explained.

Up until this date the entry fee amounts to 3,690 euros, as compared to 3,990 euros after that date. Worth recalling that this amount includes the overall organisation, the sporting framework, the insurances, all lunchtime meals, the transport of the items of luggage, as also the official dinner in Liège on Saturday 16th June. A word to the wise …

11/12/2017

Course done and dusted

An undeniable sporting success seeing all competitors of the 2017 Liège-Rome-Liège retained fond memories of the edition…. while whetting the appetite of those who were not there! This is all the Trajectoire team, needed to promptly go into action to prepare the 2018 edition, scheduled from 9th through to 16th June, based on a similar cut-out as enjoyed last summer.

Always under the responsibility of Joseph Lambert, the Liège-Rome-Liège 2018 course is done and dusted … “No way are we going to divulge everything, but we can already announce that the start from the Parc de Sept Heures in Spa is retained, and that it will be followed by a first race night – less selective than this year’s to avoid the ranking being solidly rooted by the morning – then a full day which will bring the competitors to the foot of the Stelvio. This renowned mountain pass will be tackled early on Monday morning in order to limit as far as possible having to share the route with bicycle tourists and caravans, Joseph Lambert continued.

The route will then take the competitors via the Lake of Como, the surrounding area of Sestrières, the Turini pass, San Remo, Val d’Isère and Belfort, prior to returning to Liège and the arrival on the Place Saint-Lambert, similar to last June.” The first elements are known. They confirm that the Liège-Rome-Liège 2018 will be even more in line with the spirit of the various Marathons de la Route of years gone by.

Lucio di Mori, well known race Director on « Mille Miglia » and « Targa Florio » and high level consultant of ACSI (Italian Automotive federation) was beside Trajectoire’s management team for the first Liège-Rome-Liège preparation meeting.

For sure a top level consultant for the development of the top level european regularity race event since 2017.

15/07/2017

A map proving the international interest for "the Liege".

For a very long time, 'trajectoire' works with 'JB Time Concept' for his time keeping.

For this edition, we decided to broadcast live results and this map shows us that the rally was mainly followed across all Europe as well as in North América ! But also in Moscow, China, Argentina, Sidney,...

Amazing !

24/06/2017

Christian Crucifix & Yves Noelanders winners with their Ford Anglia !

They are back! A week after the start from the Parc de Sept Heures in Spa, the survivors of the Liège-Rome-Liège 2017 are back in Belgium, arriving in Liège at the Place Saint-Lambert on the dot of 18.30hrs this Saturday. In front of a large crowd of enthusiasts, each team that had covered the 4,200 kilometres race though Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, France, Switzerland and Italy received a salvo of applause. Because in all honesty, taking into account the course devised by Joseph Lambert, reaching the finish is a victory in its own right …

“For the organisation as a whole, with twenty five persons on the course and some ten others in Belgium who took charge of the start and the finish, to hear the enthusiastic comments from the teams that made it back represents and enormous satisfaction, Jean-François Devillers explained, at the foot of the Palais des Princes-Evêques. Aiming at a far more sporting Liège-Rome-Liège, more in line with the Marathon de la Route of old, we made a gamble. The team that took charge of this event, with Joseph Lambert and Eric Chapa as the driving force, quite simply won unanimous support. During an entire week we were able to prove that this new version of the Liège-Rome-Liège is a true endurance event and taking a look at the drivers and co-drivers who did not compete this year, but who were present this Saturday in Liège, we can bet on the fact that there are better days to come. Mission accomplished!”

After having hesitated between the Porsche 911 and the Ford Anglia, Christian Crucifix, perfectly seconded by Yves Noelanders, had opted for the gorgeous 1960 machine boasting the blue oval. He made the right decision, seeing the duo quite simply never left the top rung of the rankings, to win the event. “Pointless in stating that the Liège-Rome-Liège was far from being a formality, Christian and Yves commented in unison. We knew that we would have trouble in the mountain passes, but with a course concocted by Joseph Lambert, it turned out to be an event where we needed to work hard from beginning to end. We’re completely worn out, but we have won! And what a magnificent event …”

With a total of 928,1 points, Crucifix and Noelanders finished in front of the Porsche 911 of Jacques Evrard and Christian Bernard (1081,0 points), who had retaken the position from the Porsche 914/6 of Serge Adriaens and Freddy Moors (1086,9 points) in a fierce battle for the 2nd place that kept all the followers on tenterhooks through until … Liège! A difference of less than 6 points after 55 regularity tests and 4,200 kilometres, who can top that?

In the wake of the leading trio, the British duo Mark and Susan Godfrey (MG B, 1299,8 points) were delighted with their 4th place surrounded by the Belgian Regularity specialists while the youngsters Florent Hontoir and Alexandre Peeters (Opel Ascona B, 1613,6 pts) more than completed their mission, integrating the top 5 that was their dream before the start. As for Yves Deflandre and his son Benoît (Porsche 911, 1769,6 points), they never stopped improving, accumulating partial victories but undergoing two mechanical issues at crucial moments. They finished the event in 6th place, they also proving that this Liège-Rome-Liège can also be a family affair.

The top 10 of this 2017 vintage was completed by Kurt Declerck and Steven Vyncke (Porsche 911 Targa, 7th, 1908,4 points), who admitted that this had most probably been the best regularity event they had competed in, Denis Robert and Jean-François Delincé (Ford Escort MK1, 8th, 2989,4 points), Tony Kevers and Baudouin Halleux (Porsche 911, 9th, 3206,4 points), not forgetting Victor Guilmain and Paul-Henry Jans (Porsche 924 S, 3842,6 points), all delighted with the experience.

At the end of this Marathon de la Route greeted with an enormous amount of interest shown from beginning to end throughout the week, the Trajectoire team is going to take a breather … prior to already starting to tackle the 2018 edition. Particularly as Joseph Lambert already has two or three rather brilliant ideas up his sleeve! The rendezvous has already been set …

Erste Eindrücke

Michel Decremer (BE)Winner of the Monte-Carlo Historique 2017 Winner of the Liege-Rome-Liege 2018

The endurance of a Monte Carlo, the degree of sportiness of a Portugal Rally (but at 50 km/h), Joseph's route, out of category because nothing comparable is done in Europe: quite simply mythical!Eric's race direction, reactive and "down to earth", and the user-friendliness of Trajectoire in three words: "a real rally".

“You can still imagine to win a rally. But winning the Liege is something very special”

Mark & Sue Godfrey (UK)

We would like to say how much we enjoyed the Rally. It was an excellent event.

Yves Deflandre (BE)Winner of the Portugal Historico 2017

To make it clear : I urge everybody to participate next year. Such a great experience!

Maciej Trzebiatowski (PL)

Reaching Liège was a victory on its own.

Great organization thanks to ‘trajectoire’ and an amazing route thanks to our friend Joseph Lambert.

Jacques Evrard (BE)

What a wonderfull route, an amazing rally, …

Gaëtan Schoonbroodt (BE)

In two words: magnificent, superb, organization at the top! It's going to be a long time to have to wait a year to go back...

Thank you all especially for allowing us to discover and live such moments...

Andrew Mallagh (UK)

Massively challenging event for car and crew. As the only UK crew we were made to feel very welcome by organisers and fellow crews alike. The spirit of truly sporting historic regularity rallying is alive and well in the Liege-Rome-Liege.